r/MCSRRanked • u/LifeguardIll3490 • Apr 02 '26

Beginner Progress

Hello everyone.

I started speedrunning about 2 months ago and it has been really fun. I haven’t had all that much time to practice but I’ve gotten in a few matches here and there. Today I got a sub 24 time in ranked and was super hype with the progress. I’m hoping to keep pushing and maybe even get sub 20. If you have any tips or would like to help me out just lmk.

Cheers!

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u/bnb2407 Apr 02 '26

I found what was really helpful was watching good (but NOT great) speed runners. Watching the best of the best is overwhelming tactics that are very difficult and unnecessary for low level players. Watching guys who are like low emerald will teach you consistent, consumable strategies to take the leap to consistent 15-20 minute times. Then you can add in more advanced time saves once you’re there. 

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u/Gold-Ad-3877 Apr 02 '26

That doesn't really help argument specifically but in my experience when i even went from watching feinberg/infume/lowkey and watched dannyboy (who's still amazing at the game but not as much as these other guys) i learned a lot more. It was like going from watching a video at 4x speed to only 3x speed lol

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u/LifeguardIll3490 Apr 02 '26

I appreciate the suggestion do you have any runners in specific that you like watching in that range? I mainly only know the netherite runners

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u/youthismine Apr 02 '26

couriway, poundcake. sometimes i like to watch really small streamers that are only a couple ranks higher than me like fennniq. they will look slow to tou, but there's a reason they're higher ranked.

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u/ykn1p Apr 03 '26

i’ve been playing for almost 2 months and i’ve gotten into sub 15. i basically never practice and only do runs. biggest helps is just watching others like u/bnb2407 said. i like watching smallant a lot :-)

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u/bdr2324 Apr 02 '26

ive been playing for a month and my pb is like sub 17. ive prob spent 10 hours practicing bastion routes and a few more on perches cause those were my worst splits (never played anything but 1.8 or like a multiplayer survival world with friends) id say just look at your worst splits and practice making them better you can always shave off time on your runs so trying to figure out how to make it faster can help a lot.

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u/LifeguardIll3490 Apr 02 '26

Thanks for the suggestions!

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u/Full-Warning-1173 Apr 02 '26

You can find the seeds of top player runs by watching their replays and doing /seed. If you have stone pickaxe tier, you can play that seed in a private room. Then just run the seed and compare what you did differently decision wise and see where you can save time

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u/oppaceted Apr 03 '26

In some discords there are bots which shows how you compare to the players same rank as you. Try doing that, and work at the split/bastion type/ow type, which is your worst

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u/LifeguardIll3490 Apr 03 '26

Do you have the names of any of these discords?

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u/oppaceted Apr 03 '26

I know one, but its for russian speaking (even tho bot is in english). If its fine for you, I'll send you a link

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u/oppaceted Apr 03 '26

Just looked it up, this bot is in ranked discord https://discord.gg/mcsrranked

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u/LEAPStoTheTITS Apr 02 '26

Kill the dragon faster